Submillimetre Astronomy Proceedings

This volume consists of a collection of short papers developed from presentations given at a 'Submillimetre Astronomy' symposium held at Kona, Hawaii. The millimetre-submillimetre region of the electromagnetic spectrum has only recently become accessible from ground-based observatories through the construction of large collecting area, high surface accuracy telescopes equipped with state-of-the-art high sensitivity, low noise instruments. New observations are presented from the Sun, Asteroids, outflow sources, ionization fronts and cold molecular clouds; analyses of protostellar and circumstellar disks, winds, shells and mass loss; high resolution continuum and spectral line maps of galactic cloud regions and of extragalactic structures; dust studies of active galactic nucleii, colliding galaxies, ellipticals, spirals and irregulars; spectral curves, turnover points and flaring of quasars and blazars; measurements and search for anisotropy in the background radiation. Also included are several contributions on new telescopes, instrumentation and receiver design and fabrication techniques, particularly for SIS instruments.Watt, Graeme D. is the author of 'Submillimetre Astronomy Proceedings' with ISBN 9780792306146 and ISBN 0792306147.